Expeditions
The World’s Five Best New Long-Distance Hiking Trails
Since the pandemic, four long-distance hiking trails have opened...
At 80, Greenland’s First African Visitor Returns to Live Out His Final Years in the Arctic
In the summer of 1965, Tété-Michel Kpomassie became the...
Everest’s Highest Glacier Loses 2,000 Years of Ice in 25 Years
Climate scientists have published a groundbreaking study on the...
Masherbrum: One of the Great Remaining Challenges
Only four expeditions, 15 people in all, have climbed...
Through the Unknown to the Impossible: Lhotse Middle
At 8,516m, Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain on...
8 Arctic Countries, 4,000 km by Bike in Winter
On February 2, ultra-distance Italian cyclist Omar Di Felice...
Koshar Gang Was Not Easy, Says Urubko; Also, Buried Tents on Manaslu; Some K2 Action
High winds and persistent snow continue to foil progress...
Canadian Ticks Rare Solo of Patagonia’s Torre Egger
The sun keeps shining this season in Patagonia, so...
Urubko Returns with a New Route on Pakistan’s Koshar Gang
Denis Urubko has returned to high-altitude mountaineering in grand...
60 Years on, Bhutan Will Reopen 430km ‘Footpath of Warrior Monks’
In March of 2022, Bhutan will restart its historic...
The Dog That Climbed 7,100m in the Himalaya, and Other Four-Legged Mascots
Oswald Rodrigo Pereira has returned to Manaslu Base Camp...
Another Patagonia First Ascent, Aptly Named ‘Pain and Gain’
Two Slovakians gutted out a new route in Patagonia...
Newcomers’ Guide: Meteorological vs Astronomical Winter in Climbing
The calendar is important for winter expeditions, especially for...
Cerro Torre: A Timeline of What Happened
As we previously reported, Corrado Pesce's rescue operation ended...
Behind Those Viral Polar Bear Images: Photographer Dmitry Kokh Tells How He Took Them
In the last week, haunting images of polar bears...
Great Explorers: Emmeline Freda Du Faur
Emmeline Freda Du Faur defied convention by pioneering women's...
Winter 8,000’ers: High Winds Push Everyone Back
"'I haven't seen such a long period of hurricane-force...